Ada Friedman
b. Washington, D.C. 1984Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Ada Friedman’s art is rooted in paint, routine, and ritual. Her paintings exist in different fields of action and poetry; of varying spaces of concreteness, collaboration, and interiority. Works are typically double-sided, each side a painting unto itself and part of a multifaceted whole. Moved by the artist’s holistic drive to make worlds, her approach to the medium transforms paper - her prima materia - and discreet collections of random materials into symphonic accord for adventurous, graceful paintings.
Education
2016 MFA, Painting, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY2006 BA, Studio Art and Art History, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2005 Painting and Printmaking, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
w/Kendra Jayne Patrick
2023 • Art Basel Miami Beach 2023• Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 Pre-Preview in NYC
2022 • Painting in Pisces, Kendra Jayne Patrick, Bern
7 October - 17 December, 2022
Select Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2022 • Painting in Pisces, Kendra Jayne Patrick, Bern, CH2020 • Everyday Drawings and Pyramids, Grifter, New York, NY
2018 • Amanda Friedman / Peter LaBier, Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 • Jane, Grace, and Emily, 17 Essex, New York,
2013 • The Alfred Jensen Painting at Bellevue Hospital, with
• Laura Hunt, Jackie Klempay/Situations, Brooklyn, NY
2012 • Amanda Friedman, Eli Ping Frances Perkins, NY, NY
Select Group Exhibitions
2021 • NADA House, New Art Dealers Alliance, Governors Island, New York, NY2020 • The Essential Goods Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Online)
• Cloud Memories, White Columns Online, Curated by Adrianne Rubenstein
2019 • Family Show, Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
• Bernadette Mayer’s Synesthesia, Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House, University of Penn., Philadelphia, PA
• Daddy's Books, Life Lessons, Far Rockaway, NY; Marlboro College, VT. Curated by Caitlin MacBride and Lauren Faigles
• In Congruence, Alyssa Davis Gallery, NY, NY
2017 • Photo Booth, Shimizu Brand, NADA Miami, Miami, FL
• Group Show, Shimizu Brand, Long Island City, NY
• Power to the Peaceful, SITUATIONS, NY, NY
• Regina Rex, NADA New York, Skylight Clarkson North, NY, NY
2016• Twenty-three-some, Bard MFA Thesis Show, UBS-Bard Exhibition Center, Red Hook, New York
• Summer Anagram, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Marco Antonini
2015 • 6.021 MaMA Cubicle (with Miniature Garden), MoMA Cubicle, NY, NY. Curated by Zanna Gilbert
• Being Essex Flowers, Adds Donna, Chicago, IL. Curated by Kendra Jayne Patrick
• Trust Fall, Spring Break Art Fair, NY, NY. Curated by Jennifer Sulliva
2014 • Mental Furniture, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Petrella’s Imports
• Sisrahtac, Torrance Shipman, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Brie Ruais and Maria Stabio
• Former Models: An Exhibition, BRIC House Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Merkx & Gwynne
• Devil’s Dust, with Alissa Mckendrick, SOUTHFIRST, Brooklyn, NY
• The Last Brucennial, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, NY, NY
• U:L:O: Part II, Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Blonde Art Books
• Summer Academy Show, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
• Snail Salon, Regina Rex, Queens, NY. Curated by Adrianne Rubenstein
• The Rose Show, Cleopatra’s, Brooklyn, NY
• DIY PLINTH, do it (outside), Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY. Organized by Rachel Higgins
2012 • Primary, Nudashank, Baltimore, MD. Curated by Jamillah James
• A.I.R. SU-CASA, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY. Awarded by NYC Depart. for the Aging & Cultural Affairs • NYProfessional Development Grant, Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport, CT
• Professional Development Grant, Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport, CT
2019 • Clay Break, Resident Artist, The University of Arkansas, Ceramics Department, Fayetteville, AR
2018 • The School of Making and Thinking, Performing and Playwriting Residency, Prattsville, NY
2016 • Joseph Hartog Fund Travel Grant, Bard MFA, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
• Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York Nominee, Emerging Artist Grant
• Frontispiece Hudson, Resident Artist, Coxsackie, NY
2014-16 • Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, MFA Fellowship and Scholarship
2013 • Autocenter Summer Academy, Resident Artist, Berlin, Germany
2012 • The Shandaken Project, Resident Artist, Shandaken, NY